[cobirds] Colorado Rare Bird Alert, Thursday, August 230, 2012

Compiler: Joyce Takamine Date: August 30, 2012 email: rba AT cfobirds.org phone: 303-659-8750 This is the Colorado Rare Bird Alert for Thursday, August 30, 2012, sponsored by Denver Field Ornithologists and the Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory. If you are phoning in

[cobirds] Sorry about post

Cobirds, I KNOW we are not supposed to send photos with posts. I did not mean to post about the CUSP since I was not sure of the ID. I thought this was only going to Joyce, not the list. Apologies, Cecile Lee Elbert, CO -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

[cobirds] Canon City Contopus

COBirders, Note:  Pewee in this context only refers to Greater and our two Wood-Pewee's, I am not trying to rule out anything from south of the border.  As I know very little about those species and I am going to assume it is not one of those anyhow ;). After looking at these photos for a

Re: [cobirds] Flycatcher in Canon City with very long and wide bill, a Traill's??

SeEtta, the photos in your blog document (in my mind) very nicely an Eastern Wood-Pewee. Very long wings, dull wing-bars, all yellow mandible, and uniform pale underparts. The bill is a pewee bill, too large for any empid, I believe. I have a photo of one from Missouri on-line here:

[cobirds] Hummers, Wheat Ridge Greenbelt, Jefferson County

At sunrise today along the new boardwalk southwest of the Prospect Park bridge, there were many (a couple dozen?) hummingbirds (Black-chinned and Broad-tailed) buzzing around the tops of the bushes and chasing each other! (like Tina's yard) We also saw three Western Kingbirds in one tree and two

Re: [cobirds] Canon City Contopus

Eastern Wood-Pewee does have a broader bill than Western Wood-Pewee, according to the Pyle guide (Bird-banding manual). My recent photo of a young juv. Eastern Wood-Pewee in Missouri (tail still growing) shows this well, and also shows a white throat. There were many eastern wood-pewees around,

[cobirds] Possible Greater Pewee in Canon City: review of established field marks

I have had two emails with some questions about the bird I photographed yesterday fitting field marks established for Greater Pewee. I have excerpted field marks/descriptions from* The Sibley Guide to Birds of North America*, Cornell's 'All About Birds' online website, National Audubon Society's

[cobirds] A NEW YARD BIRD THIS YEAR.

HELLO ALL. I looked out onto the patio about 1:30 pm . There was a towhee between the picnic table and the Chokecherry . As it moved up in the Chokecherry it was a Green-taiied Towhee well seen from the kitchen window. It kept moving along slowly thru the tree with good views of its

[cobirds] Canon City Flycatcher

Greetings All, Identifying the mystery flycatcher is beyond my capability. Indeed, if one goes mark by mark, each character (perhaps) fits within the range of Greater Pewee, but many are at the extreme, making such a combination unlikely. First of all, initially mistaking a Greater Pewee

[cobirds] Barr Banding Station Report, 8/28-30

Hi Cobirders, My apologies for this condensed report of the last 3 days - Nancy Gobris and I have been sharing the station while she has been doing training and I took a day off and, well Back on track now, and for the rest of the season! Three good but very hot days. Banded 128

[cobirds] Aberrant Canada Goose - Stearns Lake, S Boulder County

Hi, Twice this week I've seen an odd looking Canada Goose hanging with other regular-looking geese at the small pond across 104th St from Stearns Lake. At first I thought it was a leucistic bird, but on closer inspection it better fits a hybrid: - Orange bill and legs - Extensive white on face,